Hair curler



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w. D. BROWN HAIR CURLER Filed March 10 1924 Patented 0st. 21, 1924 hill" HALTER D. BRO'WN, OF OAK PARK, ILLINOIS.

HAIR CURLER.

Application filed March 10, 1924.

To all 10. mm it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, WALTER l3. Bnown, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of {lak Park, in the county'of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair Curlers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hair curlers which are particularly useful for curling bobbed hair. in general my improved hair curler comprises a clamping member which receives and clamps the bobbed hair at its ends and which is then turned on longitudinal axis to roll or wind up the hair to form the curl, a locking frame being provided which will serve as a handle for revolving the clamping member and which after rolling up of the hair can be secured in place on the clamping member to lock the hair and clamping member against unrolling, so that the rolled up hair will be held in rolled up position until it is desired to release it. The objert of the invention is to produce a device of this class of simple inexpensive construction which can be readily and conveniently manipulated to roll up the hair and lock it, and which can be readily manipulated with one hand to be unlocked and quickly released from the hair.

My improved device is clearly shown on I the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view showing the device clamped and locked,

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof,

Fig. 3 shows the device open,-ready to receive the ends of the hair to be curled,

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view showing the clampingmember about to be closed,

Fig. 5 is a plan view showing a modified construction,

Fig. 6 is an end view of the structure of Fig. 1 with the outer loop of the locking frame broken away,

Fig. 7 is a plan view showing another modified construction and arrangement, and

Fig. 8 is a side view of the upper end of the clamping member of the structure of Fig. 7.

Referring to the drawings the device comprises the clamping and curling member C and the locking member or frame L. The clamping member consists of a narrow strip of spring steel folded substantially midway between its ends to form the clamping jaws Serial No. 698,005.

10 and 11. The end of the jaw 10 is bent back to form the locking hook 12 and the .swung a distance laterally to bring its end 11 clear of the hook 12, whereupon the jaw 11 is then shifted into normal parallelism with the jaw 10 with its end 11' under the hook12 and locked by the corners 13 and 14:. Before the clamping member is closed the ends of the bobbed hair to be curled are inserted between the jaws and then the clamping member is rotated on its longitudinal axis to wind up the clamped hair thereon to form the curl. Provision must however be made to prevent unwinding or unrolling of thehair and I provide the locking frame As shown this frame is preferably constructed of wire bent to the desired shape. In Figs. 1 to 4 the frame is of oblong shape, and has the loops 16 and 17 at its inner and outer ends respectively. The loop 16 has its yoke 18 extending through the holes 19 in the opposed walls of the bend 20 of the clamping member, so that the locking frame is hinged to the clamping member. The loop 17 j is adapted to engage over the hooked end or crown of the jaw 10 where a transverse notch 21 is provided for receiving the loop yoke.

The sides 22 and 23. of the locking frame are deflected laterally to be spaced a dis tance away from the clamping member when the device is closed. The dimensions of the frame are such that the spring of the frame will hold the loop 17 within, the locking notch 21. Preferably the sides v22 and 23 are bowed slightly outwardly so that a slight pressure thereon will sufiicientlyelongate the frame L to permit the loop lTto be readily brought over the crown end of the jaw 10 and into the notch 21. Then when it is desired to unlatch the locking frame a slight pressure will withdraw the loop 17 fro-1n the locking notch to permit the frame to be readily swung into open position. The ends of the wire forming the frame L may be secured together in any clamping members after receiving and clamping the hair may be readily rotated to roll up the thereon. rift-er rolling up the hair the locmng irame is sn'u into Marina 1; aw-1 1m it, i a iULLLlll JvSle-i 1L Air 1 its I\ LJ hi all tin,- 10hr;- ing notch ill, and. tuiwindi g a 1 anti incl is then preventec a ain mile-ck readily brought into t it is desired to undo the curling "lGYl es a slight pressure on the locking frame will then release the loop from the locking memher and the frames can then be swung open and the clamping members unwound and opened to release the curl d hair. Opening of the clamp g member is readily accom-- plished by a sin ht pressure and lateral shift the end 11 or the jaw ll to clear such end from the corners and i l and the hook in the arrangement of .L ig. 5 ii is also termed of si le piece 0'. the ends and 26 instead of bem together at the sides of the trains ar through the opening 19 to torm the h' connection between the lame and the clamp ing member In the arrangement ig. the ends ol the wire locking lTZJDQ 2! and 28 secured to a hinge pin or rivet 29 which extends through the bend 2c of the clamping mom ber C, thus to form a hinge conuecti m between the frame and member. by distorting the frame ll or inclining the hinge pin 29 trifle indicated in 7 the locking loop 30 of the frame will be slightly to one side of the hook l2 and must be swung laterally a distance in order to be brought around such hook. ln the back of the nook is provided the locking notch 3i which receives the corresponding side 1? or the loop 1? to lock the i'rame to the clamping met her, rne loop being retained in the locking notch b the s nin GilQCb oi t l raima alter D 1w 1 such rrame has been swung to rally closed position indicated in Fig. 7 where the dotted line shows the frame just before it is swung laterally into locking engagement with the notch 31. After clamping oi the hair in the clamping member and rolling it no, the locking frame is swung into parallehsm with the clamping member and then a she-ht swing will bring it into locking engagement with the clamping member. A. s' Q, lateral swing will then again rel as it.

i thus produce a very simple, inexpensive and neat curling device which can be efficiently and easily manipulated to curl up bobbed hair and which will hold itself in locked position.

I do not desire to be limited to the exact construction, arrangement and operation shown and described, as changes are possible which will still come within the scope of the invention.

1 claim as follows:

1. in a hair curling device of the class described, the combination of a clamping member comprising spring jaws secured together one end and adapted to be brought together to receive hair to be curled, a locking hook at the end of one of said jaw members adapted to receive the other jaw member whereby said jaw members be locked together to form a support on which the clamped hair may be wound up into a curl, locking trame 0t spring metal hinged at one end to the joined end of said jaw menr hers and being adapted to be swung into position to receive said clamping member and the hair wound up thereon to prevent unwinding ot the hair, the hook at the end of one oi said jaw members having a. latch notch and said locking frame being adapted to spring into said notch to be thereby locked to the clamping member.

2. In a. hair curling device of the class describet the combination of a clamping member formed ol' a band oi? spring metal bent intermediate its ends to provide opposed jaw members between which the ends of hair to be curled may be clamped, means for looking the ends of said jaw members together to clamp the received hair, said jaw members: when locked together forming a support on which the clamped hair may be wound up to form a. curl, a locking frame of spring wire hinged at one end to the bend of said clamping member, one of said jaw members having a latch notch, said locking frame being adapted to be swung into position with its free end in spring latching en gagement in said notch to be thereby locked to the clamping member and to prevent unwinding oi the hair thereon.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 7th day of March, A. D. 1923.

i/VALIER D. BROWN. 

